March 7/18 14:25 pm - Paris-Nice Stage 4

Posted by Editoress on 03/7/18

Team Sky has won five of the last six editions of Paris-Nice, and the British outfit showed, with Wout Poels' victory in Wednesday's 18.4-km individual time trial in St Etienne, that they would still be a force to reckon with in this edition. But the Dutchman's brilliant effort in 25:33 was not enough for him to dislodge race leader Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana), who finished 7th, with the damage limited on his yellow and white jersey to 15 seconds.

Marc Soler (Movistar Team) was second at 11 seconds with Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe (Quick Step) taking third place, both in the stage and in the GC, where he now sits 26 seconds behind Sanchez.